Mop



A nf's, 1923.

M. P. M NAUGHTON ET AL MOP Original Filed July 15, 1921 u ITE MABEL P. MON'AUGHTON' AND JOHN MCNAUGHTON, OF NEW YORK, vN. Y.

MOP.

Application filed July 15, 1921, Serial No. 485,023.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MABEL P. JMONAUGH- TON and JOHN MCNAUGHTON, subjects of the King of England, residing at New York, in the county of New York, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Mop, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mops of the selfwringing type, one of the objects of the in vention being to provide a mop which can be cheaply manufactured and which is designed to hold a detachable cloth which when drawn from position between the gripping means, will have the water expressed therefrom.

Another object is to provide a structure of this character which can be manufactured cheaply, and which is light, durable and efficient, the number of parts being reduced to the minimum.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com bination and arrangement of parts and in the details 'of construction hereinafter clescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the inventionhas been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a View partly in elevation and partly in section of a mop embodying the present improvements, the handle being removed.

' Figure 2 is a side elevation, a portion being shown in section.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a yoke preferably formed of stiff Wire folded upon itself at the center to provide a stem 2 adapted to be held within one end of a handle H. The arms of the yoke are slightly curved longitudinally as shown at 3 in Figure 2 and are then bent back upon themselves so as to form guard fingers 4 the free ends of which are bent inwardly as at 5 toward the arms 3. Thus an arcuate slot 6 is formed between each arm 3 and its guard finger 4. A roller 7 preferably of wood is mounted between the arms 3 and is held in place by screws 8 or the like which extend through the forward ends of the slots 6 and into the ends of the roller. Thus the roller can revolve Renewed September 12, 1922. Serial N'o. 587,850.

freely, its ends lying close to the arms 3 and the guard fingers 4.

Another roller 9, preferably .of greater diameter than roller 7 is mounted between the arms 3 and has a central opening extending longitudinally therethrough. The

.ends of this opening are enlarged to provide recesses 11. Slidably mounted within the opening 6 and projecting from the ends thereof are bearing pins 12 having eyes 13 at their outer ends which slide on the respective arms 3. The inner portions of these eyes project into the recesses 11.

A. coiled spring 14 is loosely mounted on each of the arms 3 and bears at one end against the eye 13while its other end portion engages a lug 15 struck out from the arm. Obviously by rotating the coiled spring the tension thereof can be increased or reduced by bringing one or the other of the end convolutions of the spring into engagement with the lug 15.

The springs 14 tend to press the roller 9 tightly against the roller 7 although,'as be fore state-d, by rotating the springs, the pressure exerted thereby can be reduced with a resultant reduction in the pressure of'the roller 9 against the roller 7/ A mop cloth is adapted to be inserted between the rollers, thus causing the eyes 13 to move against the springs 14:. Should one end of the roller 9 be shifted backward farther than the other end thereof the pins 12 will not bind upon the roller 9 but will slide therein. Likewise the eyes 13 will work freely on the arms 3 under all conditions. When it is desired to remove water from the cloth it is merely necessary to draw the cloth from between the rollers, the pressure exerted by the springs being ample to express the water. working between the arms 3 and the-ends of the rollers.

What is claimed is 1. A mop including a yoke having side arms, rollers mounted between the arms, bearing pins slidably and tiltably mounted on the arms and slidable within one of the rollers, and springs mounted on the arms and engaging the pins to hold the rollers normally pressed together yieldingly.

2. A mopcomprising a yoke having side arms, rollers mounted between the arms, bearing pins tiltably and slidably mounted on the arms and supporting and slidable within one of the rollers, and springs The fingers 4c prevent the cloth from' mounted on the arms and engaging the pins to hold the rollers normally pressed together yieldingly, said springs being adjustable on the arms to vary their compression.

3. A mop including a yoke having side arms, guide fingers carried thereby and cooperating therewith to form slots, rollers supported between the arms, bearing devices extending from one of the rollers and slidable within the slots, bearing pins slidable within the other roller and having terminal portions slidably and tiltably mounted on the arms, and springs mounted on the arms and engaging said terminal portions to yieldingly press the rollers together normally.

4. A mop including a yoke having side arms, guard fingers carried by the arms and cooperating therewith to form slots, cooperating rollers supported between the arms, bearing members extending from one of the rollers and mounted within the slots, bearing pins slidably engaged by the other roller and having terminal portions tiltably and slidably engaging the arms, and adjustable springs engaging said terminal portions to hold the rollers normally in yielding contact.

5. A mop including a yoke having side arms, guard fingers extending from and substantially parallel with the side arms, rollers supported between the side arms and extending between the guard fingers, bearing members carried by one of the rollers and engaging the arms, bearing members slidably engaging and extending from the other roller and having terminal portions tiltably and slidably engaging the arms, and means 7. A mop including a yoke having side arms, rollers supported between the arms. bearing members slidably engaged by one of the rollers and having terminal portions slidably and tiltably engaging the arms, stop projections upon the arms, and coiled springs on the arms and bearing against the terminal portions and adjustably engaging the projections.

8. A mop including a yoke having side arms, rollers supported between the arms, bearing members slidably engaging the arms and engaging one of the rollers, stop projections on the arms, and coiled springs on the arms and bearing against the bearing members and adjustably engaging the projections.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

MABEL P. MoNAUGI-ITON. JOHN MONAUGHTON. Witnesses:

I. M. MARKS, ED. S. MARKS. 

